unearths some literary gems.
From The Black Iris, by Constance and Gwenyth Little:
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"You look silly with a hat on--you know it?" Mrs. Balron observed.
"Naturally. Since I feel silly, and am silly."
[Good answer!]
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[Again with metaphorial bandboxes! Not the same author as before, either.]
This lousy little bandbox of a house was full of odd noises.
[And a little more research shows that calling a small building a bandbox is not unique, either.]
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[And meanwhile in the Eyewear Business dept....]
He did not bother with the kitchen since he knew that his aunts considered it an apartment to be viewed through a lorgnette--if at all.
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"People as a whole," said Mrs. Balron, "are entirely too touchy."
